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A common, spontaneous mutation in blood stem cells, which has been linked to higher risks…

As an undergraduate, Mitch Murdock was a rare science-humanities double major, specializing in both English…

Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School and North Carolina State University have developed a superfluorescence…

Up to three-quarters of patients receiving cancer chemotherapy suffer from “chemo brain” — a side…

It’s an exciting time for next-generation sequencing. Multiple new companies, each with their own emerging…

Why do so many people get heart disease when they get older? We know that…

An exercise-related hormone, irisin, administered to animals with a model of Parkinson’s disease reduced nerve…

The brain is often compared to a supercomputer, so who better to help neuroscientists figure…

Imagine you have 20 new compounds that have shown some effectiveness in treating a disease…

Copied to clipboard During fruit fly embryo formation, primordial germ cells — the stem cells…